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J. H. WHITE. LAMP BURNER HINGE.

No. 586,346. Patented July 13, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JAMES H. IVHITE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE MANHATTAN BRASSCOMPANY, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

LAM P-BURNER HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,346, dated July 13,1897.

Application filed May 14,1897. Serial No. 636,514. No model.)

To It whom it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, Janus H. WHITE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented an Improvement in Lamp-Burner Hinges, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to an improved hinge for connecting the wick-raiserbase of the lamp-burner to the chimney-holding top, a part of said hingeacting as a stop against the base when the chimney-holding top is thrownover to light the wick.

In carrying out my invention the hinge comprises two portions, the one aplate of metal bent double about centrally and each part curved to forman eye and the ends bent over to connect said portion to thechimneyholding top. The other portion of the hinge comprises anelongated wire ring, a part of which passes through the eye of the otherportion of the hinge and then through the rim of the wick-raiser base,to which the same is soldered. The portion forming the stop-platedepends from the eye.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is avertical section of the lamp-burner closedand with the chimney-holding top turned back in dotted lines. Fig. 2 isa section in larger size, and

Fig. an inverted plan of the lamp-burner hinge and adjacent parts of theburner.

The wick-raiser base is represented at a and the chimney-holding top at6. These parts are of usual and well-known construction, and the specialform thereof bears no necessary relation to the hinge.

The hinge comprises two portions. The portion 0 is a plate of metal bentdouble, so that two parallel portions form the stop-plate o 2, abovewhich the plates are bent circular to form the eye 3. The free endsabove the eye come together closely and pass through the plate of thechimney-holding top and are turned over above said plate to hold theplate tightly between said turned-over ends and the eye 3, along whichline, at 5, solder is used to more firmly connect the parts. The otherportion of the hinge comprises the elongated wire ring cl, passingthrough the eye 3 of the part 0, through holes in the rim of the wick-5o raiser base, and along the inner edge thereof, Where solder isapplied to securely hold the part d to the wick-raiser base.

In making the parts the elongated wire ring is made of U form, and thestop-plate 2 and eye 3 of the part c, which are also formed, thenreceive in the eye 3 the middle part of the U- shaped wire or ring. Thefree ends of the wire ring are then passed through the holes in the rimof the wick-raiser base and bent (0 over against said rim and solderedto place. Then the free ends of the metal plate are brought together,passed through the plate of the chimney-holding top, turned over, andsoldered in place.

The part of the elongated wire ring d passing through the eye 3 of thepart c is necessarily straight to form a proper hinge-joint, and thestop-plate 2, depending from the eye 3 as an integral part thereof,would not fully perform its functions if maintained parallel with theeye 3, because the rim of the wickraiser base is circular, and to forman effective stop 'against said rim the stop-plate 2 is bent and madeparallel with the circular rim or the wick-raiser base, so that when thechimney-holding top is swung over and said plate 2 brought against therim of the base a an even bearing is provided for. I

My improved lamp-burner hinge is simple in construction, inexpensive tomake, and efficient in use.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with the wick-raiser baseand chimney-holding top, of the elongated wire ring d connected to thewick-raiser base, the plate cof metal bent double to form a stop-plate2, the eye 3 for the wire ring, the same being passed through the plateof the chimneyholding top with the free ends bent over to secure thesame in place, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the wick-raiser base and chimney-holding top, ofthe elongated wire ring (1 connected to the wick-raiser base, the platecof metal bent double to form when the chimney-holding top is raised,substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 11th day of May, 1897.

JAMES H. \VHITE.

Vitnesses:

WM. 11. \VELDON, V. II. BIRTWHISTLE.

